Well, for me too. I love the Detroit Zoo. By now, most everyone has heard that the City of Detroit is considering letting the Detroit Zoo close its doors, after the city council refused to approve an agreement that would turn control over to the Detroit Zoological Society. The Detroit Zoo director said the zoo’s […]
Although she’s been the planning-zoning coordinator for the Village of Lake Orion for less than a year, Sue Ariss isn’t a stranger to the area. Ariss, who was hired by the village last April, lives in Oxford, and previously worked for Oxford Township for four years as an administrative assistant/recording secretary for the planning commission […]
Oakview Middle School students will soon be drinking water treated for arsenic. The Lake Orion School Board approved a bid to place an arsenic treatment system at the school, located on Lake George Road, at the Feb. 8 meeting. Assistant Superintendent of Instruction and Curriculum Dave Beiter said the school is currently operating ‘on bottled […]
Watch out for sweepstakes scam phone calls and letters, like the letter recently received in the mail by Orion residents Charles and Martha Koch. The Kochs have lived in Lake Orion for 30 years, and Charles said the letter they received from a company calling itself ‘LVAAP? out of Las Vegas was the first of […]
I thought I had literally seen everything on the Internet, but every once in a while I run across something new. My boyfriend picked up a desk calendar at the after-Christmas sales that featured a crazy website for every day of the week. So far the calendar has proved to be pretty entertaining. One of […]
Work began last week to remove mold from pipes located in tunnels underneath Webber Elementary School on Clarkston Road. Webber Principal Sarah Manzo said the school hired Michigan Envinronmental Auditors, Inc. to test the air quality after noticing an odor in the upper elementary area. The good news is tests showed normal air quality in […]
And I didn’t leave town once. I’m not big on crowds, and I knew Super Bowl weekend would draw plenty of them out to downtown Detroit. I went to Motown Winter Blast last year, BEFORE it was a big deal. It was a lot of fun, except it lived up to its name by being […]
Residents living in the Village of Lake Orion will soon see Waste Away trucks replaced with those from Richfield Equities, the village’s new waste removal service. The Lake Orion Village Council voted on Jan. 23 to contract with Richfield, which currently supplies services to a number of Genesee County municipalities, including Davison Township, Genesee Township, […]
Due to state funding cuts and a desire to provide a more consistent program for students, Lake Orion Schools plans to remodel their pre-kindergarten program for the next school year. The district currently operates a Young 5’s program for those students not quite ready for kindergarten, and KinderPlus, a tuition-based program that combines childcare. The […]
The Michigan Food and Beverage Association recently released the results of Parade’s 2005 What America Eats survey, asking Americans what their favorite snacks are, as well as the most popular place to consume those snacks. I myself am an evening snacker. I grew up in a house where no TV or movie-viewing experience was complete […]